{"id":2034085,"date":"2026-07-08T16:00:38","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T13:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2034085"},"modified":"2026-07-08T16:00:38","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T13:00:38","slug":"evil-dead-burn-review-hotly-anticipated-horror-sequel-never-quite-catches-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2034085","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Evil Dead Burn\u2019 review: hotly anticipated horror sequel never quite catches fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Evil_Dead_Burn.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"template-id-3332206\" class=\"post-3332206 tdb_templates type-tdb_templates status-publish post\">\n<div id=\"tdi_65\" class=\"tdc-zone\">\n<div class=\"tdc_zone tdi_66  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div id=\"tdi_67\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_68  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_70  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_featured_image tdi_71 tdb-content-horiz-left td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_71\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"696\" height=\"442\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Evil_Dead_Burn-696x442.jpg\" alt title=\"Evil_Dead_Burn\"><figcaption class=\"tdb-caption-text\">&#8216;Evil Dead Burn&#8217;. CREDIT: Sony Pictures International<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_72\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_73  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_75  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_breadcrumbs tdi_76 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-breadcrumbs \" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_76\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span>Reviews<\/span><span>Film Reviews<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_title tdi_77 tdb-single-title td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_77\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">\u2018Evil Dead Burn\u2019 review: hotly anticipated horror sequel never quite catches fire<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_subtitle tdi_78 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>The franchise&#8217;s sixth outing needed to be scarier and even more savage<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_review_overall tdi_79 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_79\">\n<table class=\"td-review td-fix-index\">\n<tr class=\"td-review-footer rate_stars\">\n<td class=\"td-review-score\">\n<div class=\"td-review-overall\">\n<div class=\"td-review-final-score\">3<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_author tdi_80 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_80\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> Lou Thomas<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_date tdi_81 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_81\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2026-07-08T17:00:38+01:00\">8th July 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_82\" class=\"tdc-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_83  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_85  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p><strong class=\"dropcap big-read-dropcap\">I<\/strong>t\u2019s awesome when a long-running horror franchise delivers a late entry so impressive it reminds you why you cared in the first place. The <em>Evil Dead<\/em> films have mostly delivered the gory goods since the first one crept out of the woods and onto big screens in 1981, but you\u2019d never expect the fifth in the series, more than 40 years later, to impress. Yet <em>Evil Dead Rise<\/em> from 2023 was an all-timer: a five-star masterclass of blood-letting brilliance. Follow-up <em>Evil Dead Burn<\/em>, then, is hotly anticipated \u2013 no pun intended.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>READ MORE: Every song on the \u2018Evil Dead Burn\u2019 soundtrack<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Starting reasonably enough with a doomed fishing trip (and two mates who clearly regret setting out on a lake of deathly undercurrents), the action is well-paced and packed with peril. Director S\u00e9bastien Vani\u010dek proved he could mount a fierce fright scene with his debut feature, 2023\u2019s <em>Infected<\/em>, and looks to step up a gear here \u2013 once again, he shares screenwriting credits with Florent Bernard. We\u2019re thrown into a blazing row at a restaurant that ends in a brutal and deadly car accident for Will (George Pullar), placing the focus on his widow, Alice (Souheila Yacoub from <em>Dune: Part Two<\/em>).<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<p>After navigating Will\u2019s funeral, which is distractingly though amusingly soundtracked by the incessant thud of adjacent building works, Alice finds herself stuck with the in-laws at Will\u2019s family home. They\u2019re not huge fans of Alice\u2019s, at least partly blaming her for his untimely demise. Mum Susan (Tandi Wright from Ti West\u2019s brilliant arthouse horror <em>Pearl<\/em>) is the archetypal difficult mother-in-law, while gran Polly (Maude Davey) provides much of the comic relief on her stairlift journeys. Erroll Shand as Will\u2019s dad, Edgar, proves particularly ferocious. As we\u2019ve come to expect from the <em>Evil Dead<\/em> films, he \u2013 and others \u2013 become possessed by the spirits arising from the Book of the Dead, which has been recklessly stashed away in the house by a relative.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Evil Dead Burn | Official Trailer\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TnHby2cxJzs?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>All the ingredients for a ripping horror yarn are in place. Much like in <em>Evil Dead Rise<\/em>, we have a family at loggerheads, a single location ripe for claustrophobic frights and savage kills, and the now almost customary smart and savvy young woman trying to navigate trauma and increasingly spooky goings-on. But somehow, it never quite catches fire \u2013 even though flames provide much of the strongest on-screen imagery.<\/p>\n<p><em>Evil Dead Burn<\/em> isn\u2019t a bad entry in the series by any stretch, but fundamentally it just isn\u2019t scary enough. And aside from a small smattering of impalings and sliced fingers, it isn\u2019t particularly brutal either. Where <em>Rise<\/em> went full-on gory with cheese graters and so forth, Burn regrettably pulls its punches. Yes, there\u2019s some solid mutilating with a garden strimmer, but even this feels like a slightly lame callback to the franchise\u2019s trademark chainsaw fun. Admittedly, even a not-quite-prime <em>Evil Dead<\/em> entry is entertaining enough, especially taken in isolation. But as a follow-up to a five-star horror riot, this film is slightly disappointing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"game-review-verdict\">\n<h2>Details<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Director:<\/strong> S\u00e9bastien Vani\u010dek<\/li>\n<li><strong>Starring:<\/strong> Souheila Yacoub, Tandi Wright, Hunter Doohan<\/li>\n<li><strong>Release date:<\/strong> July 10 (in UK cinemas)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_tags tdi_87 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_87\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<ul class=\"tdb-tags\">\n<li><span>Related Topics<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Evil Dead Burn<\/li>\n<li>Horror<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_88\" class=\"tdc-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_89  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_91  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"vc_row_inner tdi_93  vc_row vc_inner wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column_inner tdi_95  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-inner-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper td_block_wrap vc_raw_html tdi_97 \">\n<div class=\"td-fix-index\">\n<h3>More Stories<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap td_flex_block_1 tdi_98 td-pb-border-top td_module_flex_1--card td_module_flex_1--card--highlight td_block_template_2 tdc-no-posts td_flex_block\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_98\">\n<div id=\"tdi_98\" class=\"td_block_inner td-mc1-wrap\">\n<div class=\"td_module_flex td_module_flex_1 td_module_wrap td-animation-stack\">\n<div class=\"td-module-container td-category-pos-above\">\n<div class=\"td-module-meta-info\">\n                    Film News<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title td-module-title\">There\u2019s a new \u2018V\/H\/S\u2019 found footage horror film on the way<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_module_flex td_module_flex_1 td_module_wrap td-animation-stack\">\n<div class=\"td-module-container td-category-pos-above\">\n<div class=\"td-module-meta-info\">\n                    Film News<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title td-module-title\">Every song on the \u2018Evil Dead Burn\u2019 soundtrack<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_module_flex td_module_flex_1 td_module_wrap td-animation-stack\">\n<div class=\"td-module-container td-category-pos-above\">\n<div class=\"td-module-meta-info\">\n                    Film News<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title td-module-title\">\u2018Weapons\u2019 director Zach Cregger is making \u2018Siren Head\u2019 horror film based on viral meme<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_module_flex td_module_flex_1 td_module_wrap td-animation-stack\">\n<div class=\"td-module-container td-category-pos-above\">\n<div class=\"td-module-meta-info\">\n                    Film News<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title td-module-title\">\u2018Backrooms\u2019 is returning to cinemas with an extended cut<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_module_flex td_module_flex_1 td_module_wrap td-animation-stack\">\n<div class=\"td-module-container td-category-pos-above\">\n<div class=\"td-module-meta-info\">\n                    Film News<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title td-module-title\">Inde Navarrette couldn\u2019t get a job for one and a half years after \u2018Obsession\u2019 wrapped<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_module_flex td_module_flex_1 td_module_wrap td-animation-stack\">\n<div class=\"td-module-container td-category-pos-above\">\n<div class=\"td-module-meta-info\">\n                    Film News<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title td-module-title\">\u2018The Blair Witch Project\u2019 remake is coming next year<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_99\" class=\"tdc-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_100  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_102  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper td_block_wrap vc_raw_html tdi_104 \">\n<div class=\"td-fix-index\">\n<h3>You May Also Like<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><\/article>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p><strong class=\"dropcap big-read-dropcap\">I<\/strong>t\u2019s awesome when a long-running horror franchise delivers a late entry so impressive it reminds you why you cared in the first place. The <em>Evil Dead<\/em> films have mostly delivered the gory goods since the first one crept out of the woods and onto big screens in 1981, but you\u2019d never expect the fifth in the series, more than 40 years later, to impress. Yet <em>Evil Dead Rise<\/em> from 2023 was an all-timer: a five-star masterclass of blood-letting brilliance. Follow-up <em>Evil Dead Burn<\/em>, then, is hotly anticipated \u2013 no pun intended.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>READ MORE: Every song on the \u2018Evil Dead Burn\u2019 soundtrack<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Starting reasonably enough with a doomed fishing trip (and two mates who clearly regret setting out on a lake of deathly undercurrents), the action is well-paced and packed with peril. Director S\u00e9bastien Vani\u010dek proved he could mount a fierce fright scene with his debut feature, 2023\u2019s <em>Infected<\/em>, and looks to step up a gear here \u2013 once again, he shares screenwriting credits with Florent Bernard. We\u2019re thrown into a blazing row at a restaurant that ends in a brutal and deadly car accident for Will (George Pullar), placing the focus on his widow, Alice (Souheila Yacoub from <em>Dune: Part Two<\/em>).<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<p>After navigating Will\u2019s funeral, which is distractingly though amusingly soundtracked by the incessant thud of adjacent building works, Alice finds herself stuck with the in-laws at Will\u2019s family home. They\u2019re not huge fans of Alice\u2019s, at least partly blaming her for his untimely demise. Mum Susan (Tandi Wright from Ti West\u2019s brilliant arthouse horror <em>Pearl<\/em>) is the archetypal difficult mother-in-law, while gran Polly (Maude Davey) provides much of the comic relief on her stairlift journeys. Erroll Shand as Will\u2019s dad, Edgar, proves particularly ferocious. As we\u2019ve come to expect from the <em>Evil Dead<\/em> films, he \u2013 and others \u2013 become possessed by the spirits arising from the Book of the Dead, which has been recklessly stashed away in the house by a relative.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Evil Dead Burn | Official Trailer\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TnHby2cxJzs?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>All the ingredients for a ripping horror yarn are in place. Much like in <em>Evil Dead Rise<\/em>, we have a family at loggerheads, a single location ripe for claustrophobic frights and savage kills, and the now almost customary smart and savvy young woman trying to navigate trauma and increasingly spooky goings-on. But somehow, it never quite catches fire \u2013 even though flames provide much of the strongest on-screen imagery.<\/p>\n<p><em>Evil Dead Burn<\/em> isn\u2019t a bad entry in the series by any stretch, but fundamentally it just isn\u2019t scary enough. And aside from a small smattering of impalings and sliced fingers, it isn\u2019t particularly brutal either. Where <em>Rise<\/em> went full-on gory with cheese graters and so forth, Burn regrettably pulls its punches. Yes, there\u2019s some solid mutilating with a garden strimmer, but even this feels like a slightly lame callback to the franchise\u2019s trademark chainsaw fun. Admittedly, even a not-quite-prime <em>Evil Dead<\/em> entry is entertaining enough, especially taken in isolation. But as a follow-up to a five-star horror riot, this film is slightly disappointing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"game-review-verdict\">\n<h2>Details<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Director:<\/strong> S\u00e9bastien Vani\u010dek<\/li>\n<li><strong>Starring:<\/strong> Souheila Yacoub, Tandi Wright, Hunter Doohan<\/li>\n<li><strong>Release date:<\/strong> July 10 (in UK cinemas)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/film-reviews\/evil-dead-burn-review-souheila-yacoub-hunter-doohan-3955675&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Evil_Dead_Burn.jpg&#8221;] &#8216;Evil Dead Burn&#8217;. CREDIT: Sony Pictures International ReviewsFilm Reviews \u2018Evil Dead Burn\u2019 review: hotly anticipated horror sequel never quite catches fire The franchise&#8217;s sixth outing needed to be scarier and even more savage 3 By Lou Thomas 8th July 2026 It\u2019s awesome when a long-running horror franchise delivers a late entry so [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[226,78],"class_list":["post-2034085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-crawlmanager","tag-nme-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2034085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2034085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2034085\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2034085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2034085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2034085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}